Ind. students to raise cattle for school lunches

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Sep 16, 2013 at 12:01 AM

HAGERSTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Students at an eastern Indiana school are going to not only know where the beef is, they're going to know where it came from.

That because students at Hagerstown Jr. Sr. High School, about 60 miles east of Indianapolis, are going to be raising their own beef cattle during agriculture classes. Agriculture teacher Nathan Williamson tells the Palladium-Item (http://pinews.co/17UgwUv) the cows will be slaughtered and turned into the hamburgers that will be served in the cafeteria.

Williamson says the hands-on program offers a unique learning opportunity and will save the Nettle Creek School Corporation $2,000.

Students have begun erecting a fence on a hillside just northeast of the high school. The plan is to solicit bids for the cattle and buy up to 10 beef cattle a year.